Time for Dubya to Get His Act Together

Time for Dubya to Get His Act Together
By ANN McFEATTERS
Block News Alliance
Oct 28, 2005, 06:24


My job, watching the White House, has been exceedingly painful this past week.

This country belongs to us all. A weakened presidency does us no good abroad and no good at home. George W. Bush will be the president for three more years. He needs to get his act together.

Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely? Questionable.

The main problem for this president (it's tempting from his recent stubborn behavior to call him "Junior") is that he is perpetually stuck in campaign mode. For heaven's sake, the election is over. He doesn't seem to realize that there is no next race for him. He is hurting, not helping, his Republican colleagues in next year's congressional election. He needs to rediscover what it means to be president of everyone...